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brook'' leadership, complicity. it was to force bbc online to charge for its content and to sell off the bbc commercial and activities, to open up more sporting events to bids from bskyb, to open up the cable and infrastructure market, and finally to reduce the powers of their own regulator. mr. speaker, i rejected these policies. it was clearly in news international's interest. the truth is in government records for everyone to see, and i am happy to come forward with any inquiry. there were no behind-the-scenes arrangements, no promises. i doubt if anyone in this house would be surprised to hear that the relationship was that all these years -- neither -- neither -- going back to the events as early as 2007, as early as the summer of 2007, i think people will see on reflection this as some of proof of an over friendly relationship is absurd. making the the murder of soldiers could hardly be the reflection of a deep relationship towards me. and a front-page portrayal of me as dr. evil, hardly confirmation of our fr
brook'' leadership, complicity. it was to force bbc online to charge for its content and to sell off the bbc commercial and activities, to open up more sporting events to bids from bskyb, to open up the cable and infrastructure market, and finally to reduce the powers of their own regulator. mr. speaker, i rejected these policies. it was clearly in news international's interest. the truth is in government records for everyone to see, and i am happy to come forward with any inquiry. there were...
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murdoch and rebecca brooks? >> all the details of the meetings and explain all of the conversations were appropriate and she could ask the members of her party to be equally transparent. >> does the prime minister join me in hoping that this is the end of the ever increasing rise of misconduct by police officers across the country? >> the police have to have an operation, have to have a relationship with the media, both at the top level to communicate with the police's right to do strategically, and at the operational level to help them with crime. we have to try to make sure they do not have an inappropriate relationship. >> prime minister, have you ever mentioned the word "bskyb" in the presence of rebecca brooks? >> does not raise serious questions about how the previous limit operated that members opposite thought that it a prepared for the prime minister to be brief on police matters? and the e-mails that were released, didn't show how professional his chief of staff is? >> i thank my hon. friend for puttin
murdoch and rebecca brooks? >> all the details of the meetings and explain all of the conversations were appropriate and she could ask the members of her party to be equally transparent. >> does the prime minister join me in hoping that this is the end of the ever increasing rise of misconduct by police officers across the country? >> the police have to have an operation, have to have a relationship with the media, both at the top level to communicate with the police's right...
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in the evidence yesterday, rebekah brooks stated that it was the chancellor's idea. is she right or is she trying to protect her friend the prime minister? >> the decision was mine. the buck stops here with the prime minister. i have defended the decision. >> is there not a real danger that this gamble will follow others? bad behavior, moral outrage, additional inquiries, more state regulation under the guise of the independent regulation. will you commit yourself to the values of liberty and freedom? >> on the panel, i was very concerned to make sure that you have people really understand how television works, how newspapers work, antel regulation works. the fact that george johns is going to be on that panel of experts will help them do their work. >> i ask the prime minister whether andy coulson had been to the proper procedure. instead of answering, he referred to me to the rules of conduct. will he now answer the question? >> he had a basic level of vetting. he was not able to see the most secret document of the government. it was all done in the proper way. he
in the evidence yesterday, rebekah brooks stated that it was the chancellor's idea. is she right or is she trying to protect her friend the prime minister? >> the decision was mine. the buck stops here with the prime minister. i have defended the decision. >> is there not a real danger that this gamble will follow others? bad behavior, moral outrage, additional inquiries, more state regulation under the guise of the independent regulation. will you commit yourself to the values of...
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here is a little bit of rebekah brooks. >> rebekah brooks was invited six times a year to 10 downing street under both the former prime ministers. she has not been invited by mae. i have set out -- the great contrast is i have set out things i have in complete contrast to the party opposite. i can say this to the hon. gentleman, i have never held a slumber party or seen her in her pajamas. host: that, of course, was prime minister cameron from this morning talking about his relationship with rebekah brooks. she talked about her relationship with the prime minister yesterday. alex spillius. guest: as mr. cameron was saying, she has been friends not just with him, but previous prime minister gordon brown, and probably tony blair, too. his point was "it is not just me." she slept over at the official country residence one time when gordon brown was prime minister. but david cameron is prime minister now and he is very close to her. in the light of what we now know about what "news of the world closed what journalists were up to, people in britain are having a heart -- what "news of the
here is a little bit of rebekah brooks. >> rebekah brooks was invited six times a year to 10 downing street under both the former prime ministers. she has not been invited by mae. i have set out -- the great contrast is i have set out things i have in complete contrast to the party opposite. i can say this to the hon. gentleman, i have never held a slumber party or seen her in her pajamas. host: that, of course, was prime minister cameron from this morning talking about his relationship...
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cameron joins james murdoch at the home of rebecca brooks. he did not ask -- answer me if bskyb was discussed. the day's news corp. more time to come forward to do a deal with the concerns. after further negotiation, he announced he was going to accept the undertakings and approve the acquisition. this was despite receiving public objection. these undertakings and of sky news being sold law and becoming a stand-alone company. a company entirely dependent on news corp. for funding. a further consultation took place followed by further negotiations between news corp. and oft. mr. hunt confirmed he was satisfied with the undertaking and intended to give the green light to the acquisition subject to a legally required 70 consultation which ended on the eighth of july. as people here will be aware, last week's journalists were told the mr. hunt would not be a will to reach a decision for months while he considered thousands of objections. on friday, david cameron said that government could not change its position because it was bound by legal cons
cameron joins james murdoch at the home of rebecca brooks. he did not ask -- answer me if bskyb was discussed. the day's news corp. more time to come forward to do a deal with the concerns. after further negotiation, he announced he was going to accept the undertakings and approve the acquisition. this was despite receiving public objection. these undertakings and of sky news being sold law and becoming a stand-alone company. a company entirely dependent on news corp. for funding. a further...
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here is a little bit of rebekah brooks. >> rebekah brooks was invited six times a year to 10 downing street under both the former prime ministers. she has not been invited by mae. i have set out -- the great contrast is i have set out things i have in complete contrast to the party opposite. i can say this to the hon. gentleman, i have never held a slumber party or seen her in her pajamas. host: that, of course, was prime minister cameron from this morning talking about his relationship with rebekah brooks. she talked about her relationship with the prime minister yesterday. alex spillius. guest: as mr. cameron was saying, she has been friends not just with him, but previous prime minister gordon brown, and probably tony blair, too. his point was "it is not just me." she slept over at the official country residence one time when gordon brown was prime minister. but david cameron is prime minister now and he is very close to her. in the light of what we now know about what "news of the world closed what journalists were up to, people in britain are having a heart -- what "news of the
here is a little bit of rebekah brooks. >> rebekah brooks was invited six times a year to 10 downing street under both the former prime ministers. she has not been invited by mae. i have set out -- the great contrast is i have set out things i have in complete contrast to the party opposite. i can say this to the hon. gentleman, i have never held a slumber party or seen her in her pajamas. host: that, of course, was prime minister cameron from this morning talking about his relationship...
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. >> rebekah brooks resigned and was arrested. the head of the metropolitan police resigned. rupert murdoch and james murdoch appeared before the commons. >> what happened at "the news of the world" was wrong. we have apologized profusely for that. these are very serious matters. thee trying to establish facts of any new allegations as they come up. we're working closely with the police to find out where the wrongdoing was and to hold people accountable. >> do you think it is possible that editors of your newspaper would not have known about these activities? >> i cannot say that because of the police inquiries. i presume there are coming judicial proceedings. >> at what point did you find out that criminality was endemic @ "the news of the world"? >> endemic is a very wide- ranging word. i also had to be extremely careful not to prejudice the course of justice taking place now. that has been disclosed. i became aware as it became apparent. >> mr. murdoch, had you considered resigning since this occurred on your watch? >> no,. >> why not? >> i feel the people i trusted let me
. >> rebekah brooks resigned and was arrested. the head of the metropolitan police resigned. rupert murdoch and james murdoch appeared before the commons. >> what happened at "the news of the world" was wrong. we have apologized profusely for that. these are very serious matters. thee trying to establish facts of any new allegations as they come up. we're working closely with the police to find out where the wrongdoing was and to hold people accountable. >> do you...
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we will h-- >> we have more froe brookings institute. this is about one hour. >> we were very excited putting this panel together. after watching the abalone shell, i turned to glenn and asked where his was. i want to put this in context after hearing from the scientists. i think there are three economic issues the hamilton project is focused on right now. the first is we're continuing to suffer from the aftermath of the terrible financial crisis. there are 15 million americans out of work. by standard calculations, it could take up to a dozen years to work through that towards something that resembles full employment. that is a problem we have to confront. the second one is of a longer- term nature. we have been in this slump with respect to wages for most americans. one measure we have developed is not that wages have stagnated over the last 40 years, but they have declined by 28%. the third situation that confronts the country is our fiscal situation is less than ideal. the debt to gdp ratio is increasing. we're reaching levels where
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rebecca brooks stays in her job, that would be a slight? >> she should go. she should take responsibility. anyone who runs an organization and to the mountains themselves being in a position of things that happened on her watch, they would think, it even if i did not know about them, somebody has to take responsibility for what happened. the idea that she is leading the investigation, overseeing the investigation, i think -- that is why i have spoken out. >> what do you think that sheet -- of the allegations that she has been kept as a human shield? >> i will not get into that. i am just interested in the right thing being done. we have the responsibility to speak out on these issues. >> on monday night, guilty of not pushing hard enough on this core issue. >> i do not accept what tom watson said. we all of lessons to learn about the need to speak out on these issues. the history of the labor party a bad news international is an up and down history. we have all learned a lesson this week. we all learned a lesson about the need to speak out
rebecca brooks stays in her job, that would be a slight? >> she should go. she should take responsibility. anyone who runs an organization and to the mountains themselves being in a position of things that happened on her watch, they would think, it even if i did not know about them, somebody has to take responsibility for what happened. the idea that she is leading the investigation, overseeing the investigation, i think -- that is why i have spoken out. >> what do you think that...
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rebekah brooks brooks was quite able to say there was not a single conversation that could have taken place. i know that many people were hoping for some great allegation yesterday to added to their fevered conspiracy theories. i'm disappointed for them that they did not get one. >> as police minister, my experience in briefings was that they did not give you any operational information but they did tell you things that you needed to know. the metropolitan police would understand that. does he really want to be kept in the dark? was he angry? as a minister, i would be livid officials were keeping informational from me. did the prime minister want to be kept in the dark? >> i have said this in great detail. of course i have regular meetings with senior leaders in the metropolitan police service and embraced on terrorist operations and a cobra. the key issue about my chief of staff emails is that since reading this, paul stevenson, john gates, the cabinet secretary, and the chair of the home affairs committee say that was not our judgment. yates specifically said the offer was, quite ri
rebekah brooks brooks was quite able to say there was not a single conversation that could have taken place. i know that many people were hoping for some great allegation yesterday to added to their fevered conspiracy theories. i'm disappointed for them that they did not get one. >> as police minister, my experience in briefings was that they did not give you any operational information but they did tell you things that you needed to know. the metropolitan police would understand that....
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newspapers. >> [unintelligible] rebekah brooks? >> i forget, but i expect that with my son we were both in daily contact. >> [unintelligible] >> no. >> you were not informed? >> no. >> at no point were you aware that they were being paid payments? >> no. >> the u.s. hockey committee, if there was a victim of the crime, having to address the matter of mr. taylor in some detail? >> my father became aware, after the settlement was made, in 2009, after the confidential settlement had become public and the newspaper reported afterwards. the understanding was that the settlement out of court was a civil claim, something of that nature we did not believe that a company our size, with responsible executives in the territory of the country, would be authorized to make. my father is the glow will chief executive. >> mr. murdoch, when you found out that criminality was in debt met at open quote news of the world close "? -- "news of the world"? >> [unintelligible] justice taking place now. it has been discouraged. we were shocked, appalled, a
newspapers. >> [unintelligible] rebekah brooks? >> i forget, but i expect that with my son we were both in daily contact. >> [unintelligible] >> no. >> you were not informed? >> no. >> at no point were you aware that they were being paid payments? >> no. >> the u.s. hockey committee, if there was a victim of the crime, having to address the matter of mr. taylor in some detail? >> my father became aware, after the settlement was made,...
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his son and rebekah brooks are also expected to appear. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> the c-span network -- we provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history. it is all available to you. find our content any time throughout c-span's video library. bringing our resources to your community. is washington, -- it is washington, your way. >> ann coulter has something to say. sunday, august 7, your chance to talk to the new york times best selling author and syndicated columnist. three hours, starting at noon eastern on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: karen bass, a democrat, representing california's 33rd district. good morning. talk to us about the cut, cap & balance vote today in the house. do you think any democrats will vote for it? guest: frankly, i think it is very, very bad policy. some of the measures that are in this bill already exist in california. for example, it only takes a majority vote to cut taxes in california, two-thirds vote to raise revenue.
his son and rebekah brooks are also expected to appear. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> the c-span network -- we provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history. it is all available to you. find our content any time throughout c-span's video library. bringing our resources to your community. is washington, -- it is washington, your way. >> ann coulter has something to say. sunday, august 7, your chance to talk to the...
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he acknowledged his friendship with andy koulson who was arrested yesterday and rebecka brooks. she has now said that she should step down. there's a very uncomfortable question for mr. cameron whether he allowed himself to get too close to this, meaning individuals and to this argues. and to fleet street, the british press as a whole in courting their votes, in courting their support. in a market where newspaper reedership is still pretty high. the radio shows, the television shows often lead their bulletin in the morning with what's in the press. a very, very competitive media market where the different publications fight tooth and nail not just for their scoops or exclusives, but also for political influence. the voices of some of these, most notably the large circulation newspapers like "news of the world" and "the sun" that are owned by mr. murdoch have been very influential over the years in determining the outcome of british elections. it was less than 20 years ago that the son of murdoch's tayly tabloid campaigned. and on the day, the morning after john major was indeed
he acknowledged his friendship with andy koulson who was arrested yesterday and rebecka brooks. she has now said that she should step down. there's a very uncomfortable question for mr. cameron whether he allowed himself to get too close to this, meaning individuals and to this argues. and to fleet street, the british press as a whole in courting their votes, in courting their support. in a market where newspaper reedership is still pretty high. the radio shows, the television shows often lead...
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journalists and the upcoming british committee hearing with rupert murdoch, his son james, and reb ekah brooks. bbc newsnight tell us tell they are covering the story. >> tonight, robert mcdowell on the fcc's action to begin cracking down on unauthorized service charges to cell phone bills. that is tonight on "de communicators -- "the communicators." the nuclear regulatory agency officially make recommendations within 90 days. the industry would have five years for any new regulations to come from the process. >> we are honored to be here today, speaking at this venerable institution. the national press club is a venue like no other. it has been at the center of washington news. as i was preparing for this, in my staff did a little investigation, they understood the historic emblem was that of an owl. i will not claim wisdom and i will let you judge my awareness, but i can relate to the long nights spent sleepless on the job. as chairman of the new tillage -- the nuclear regulatory commission, one of the best aspects of my job is having the opportunity to lead a staff of nearly 4000 talented p
journalists and the upcoming british committee hearing with rupert murdoch, his son james, and reb ekah brooks. bbc newsnight tell us tell they are covering the story. >> tonight, robert mcdowell on the fcc's action to begin cracking down on unauthorized service charges to cell phone bills. that is tonight on "de communicators -- "the communicators." the nuclear regulatory agency officially make recommendations within 90 days. the industry would have five years for any new...
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thank you brookings for giving d often under lip project. pundits, academics, cartographers, you name it. i am pleased to see some the innards out here in the audience. i definitely am one. redistricting is really one of the only arena is, not the only arena in which it is fair to compare lebron james and dennis kucinich. i do not think he will do any better in terms of winning. i really think examples of how redistricting affects our politics are everywhere around us, even if they're not necessarily part of the news articles that we read on major issues at stake these days. during the medicare fight, i do not think last to anyone could a predicted paul ryan from the state of wisconsin would generate so much attention in coverage this year in terms of the fiscal woes facing the state. i think a lot of the attention on his district has been misplaced because democrats are saying, well, we have this candidate robert durham. allied of pendants, a lot of people you talk to the consulting world, very few who are credible would give him a chance o
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on the case of rebecca brooks, i don't think it is right for the prime minister to start picking and choosing who should run and who should not run media organizations. it has been reported that she offered her resignation over this. in this situation, i would have taken it. before i take your questions, let me say this. for people watching this scandal unfolded, there is something disturbing about what they see. just think about who they put their trust in. the police to protect them. the politicians that represent them, and all of them -- a political system that people think is on their side and a press that is yet free and vigorous and holds those in power to drive them completely mad. we need a free press that is all so clean and trustworthy. that is what people want, that is not what i want. -- and that is what i want. and i will not rest until we get it. thank you for listening. i'm very happy to take some questions. >> we have asked him many times -- you many times about your decision to appoint an be as your main communications man. you said that he resigned and paid the pric
on the case of rebecca brooks, i don't think it is right for the prime minister to start picking and choosing who should run and who should not run media organizations. it has been reported that she offered her resignation over this. in this situation, i would have taken it. before i take your questions, let me say this. for people watching this scandal unfolded, there is something disturbing about what they see. just think about who they put their trust in. the police to protect them. the...
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david, kick us off. >> thank you to brookings for giving so much love to and often under love topic, but i often call redistricting a once in a decade nerd fest for politicians, pundits, academics, lawyers demographers, cartographers you name it. i am pleased to see so many nerds out here in the audience. i definitely am one. god knows, but redistricting is really one of the only arena is it not the only arena in which it is fair to compare lebron james and dennis kucinich. i really don't think that dennis kucinich even if he decides to take his talent elsewhere perhaps the two washington state, will do any better in terms of winning. that i really think the examples of how redistricting affects our politics are everywhere around us. even if they are not necessarily part of the news articles that we read on major issues at stake these days. during the medicare fight for example, i don't think glass tyranny of us could have predicted that paul ryan or the state of wisconsin would generate so much attention and coverage this year in terms of the fiscal woes facing the state and paul ry
david, kick us off. >> thank you to brookings for giving so much love to and often under love topic, but i often call redistricting a once in a decade nerd fest for politicians, pundits, academics, lawyers demographers, cartographers you name it. i am pleased to see so many nerds out here in the audience. i definitely am one. god knows, but redistricting is really one of the only arena is it not the only arena in which it is fair to compare lebron james and dennis kucinich. i really don't...
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host: david brooks had a column on monday in "the new york times." he said this -- reareferring to the tax subsidis for corporate jet owners and other tax loopholes being closed. do you agree? caller: yes. guest: i think brooks is oversimplifying there, only because we have had this promise on the table before. we had in 1982 and 1983 and 1990 under a republican president. we have it with the commission's plan. if we're going to work out something involving revenues, we have to see spending cuts taking effect, and has to be in the context of reforming the system, otherwise we will get higher taxes and never get the spending reductions. republicans again have not handled this issue all that well, especially with long-term reforms like the balanced budget amendment, which the leader some -- leadership seemed prepared to through in the tatrash can on the vote. i think it also symbolizes the balance we want to restore to fiscal policy, because the gop had lost its way during the bush era, especially on spending, and continues to stumble on the issues tha
host: david brooks had a column on monday in "the new york times." he said this -- reareferring to the tax subsidis for corporate jet owners and other tax loopholes being closed. do you agree? caller: yes. guest: i think brooks is oversimplifying there, only because we have had this promise on the table before. we had in 1982 and 1983 and 1990 under a republican president. we have it with the commission's plan. if we're going to work out something involving revenues, we have to see...
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i'm tom mann a senior fellow here at brookings, and i'm delighted to welcome all of you. with us here at brookings this morning and to our live espn audience to a -- c-span audience to a session entitled a status report on congressional redistricting. now, you may have noticed on the screens redistricting d.i., wording why that's there. we understand some of you are compelled to tweet wherever you are, and if you do, we want you to know that is the event hash tag. i know you're shocked that i actually said that, norm, but there is it is. >> it was written down so you know. >> i'm a well-known tweeter. six months ago we had a session here, almost to the day, that was a preview of the redistricting session. today we're going to take stock of how that process is unfolding and with what consequences we can detect at least now. why do people pay so much attention to redistricting? good question. first of all, it's a fascinating game. political junkies simply can't resist. we can start talking about it, the midterm election before and continue on for years after as we try to di
i'm tom mann a senior fellow here at brookings, and i'm delighted to welcome all of you. with us here at brookings this morning and to our live espn audience to a -- c-span audience to a session entitled a status report on congressional redistricting. now, you may have noticed on the screens redistricting d.i., wording why that's there. we understand some of you are compelled to tweet wherever you are, and if you do, we want you to know that is the event hash tag. i know you're shocked that i...
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. >> again, characterizations, david brooks. >> yes. >> a new york times columnist, you called him a big government conservative, what's that. >> yes, yes, he. >> what's that mean? >> he calls himself that. when he was at the weekly standard, he articulated along with william kristol, bill kristol, of the weekly standard, the idea of national greatness conservatism thatwhat conservatives need to really get people's energy up and to build a winning coalition is to indulge in big, great projects that are of national greatnesslet's build big dams, let's have big wars, let's have big kumbaya moments from a conservative point of view andi'm not a fan of that. matt welch is certainly not a fan of that. and i always bring it back to my grandparents who left europe because they didn't want to be part of somebody else's national greatness plan. >> richard nixon -- you call him the "colossus of yorba linda." >> yes, well that's a reference to the iluminados trilogy by robert anton wilson and robert shea, where throughout it, it's a great parody book of a kind of conspiracy theory that came out
. >> again, characterizations, david brooks. >> yes. >> a new york times columnist, you called him a big government conservative, what's that. >> yes, yes, he. >> what's that mean? >> he calls himself that. when he was at the weekly standard, he articulated along with william kristol, bill kristol, of the weekly standard, the idea of national greatness conservatism thatwhat conservatives need to really get people's energy up and to build a winning coalition...
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brooks: madam speaker, i move to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on those to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. live coverage of the u.s. house when members return always here on c-span. coming up next, our documentary on the library of congress. today, president obama nominated -- that is coming up later. remarks from the senate leaders harry reid and mcconnell on the debt ceiling negotiations. >> ann coulter has something to say. your chance to talk to and e- mail the author and syndicated columnist. for three hours, starting at noon, live on booktv. >> the feature documentary, the library of congress, behind the scenes at the world's largest library. >> the pursuit is knowledge that something progresses, liberals, conservatives, libertarians' all want. they may disagree on how to do it and how much to spend on it, but essentially, they are all in favor of accurate information about law makers
brooks: madam speaker, i move to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on those to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. live coverage of the u.s. house when members return always here on c-span. coming up next, our documentary on the library of congress. today, president obama nominated -- that is coming up later. remarks from the senate leaders harry reid and mcconnell on...
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brooks was mistaken and the premise. in other words, the fact that he was relying on to offer this opinion or not there, and i know for example senator kyl, the republican whip, said actually there has been quite a bit of discussion about revenue raisers, user fees, the sale of federal property to raise money coming in so to the extent that mr. brooks has perhaps gone one side of the facts, i think it is probably a flawed opinion piece. host: next call comes from new york city. allen, a democrat. caller: thank you very much. i do not even know where to begin. number one, the whole disparity of income, it is like 100 years ago were you have a tiny number of people controlling more and more of the economy. taxes are very low. corporate taxes in this country are almost the lowest in the world. it seems as if all your angling to do is the story obama's presidency and the rest of us along with obama. -- is the story obama presidency and the rest of us along with obama. -- destroy obama presidency and the rest of us along with
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earlier this year, rebekah brooks was asked to clarify that. i was responding to a specific line of questioning on how newspapers get information. my intention was to comment on the belief that payments had been made in the past two police officers. if i gave the impression i had knowledge of specific cases, i can assure you that this is not my intention. who even more worryingly, only last night we discover that they had handed over copies of documents that appeared to show that the former editor authorized a series of payments to police officers onto tens of thousands of pounds. the truth is, they were doing it appeared that cannot be allowed to get away with it. i know "news of the world" seems to be hanging. surely, the buck stops at these to top. >> i agree with what is being said appeared can we agree that we must not have the possibility of successful prosecutions of people who did these things? >> i will try to prove this. i think it is absolutely essential. my hope is that people who committed criminality is will end up going to prison
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it wasn't proper for the brookings report to include those as administrative costs. breast-feeding, nutrition education, immunization screening are vital programs which improve birth outcomes. and reduce the incidents of health problems. for w.i.c. participants. they should not be categorized as administrative cost foss purposes of budgeting -- costs for purposes of budgeting. today i'd like to pont out that in recent letter to our committee on -- to point out that in a recent letter to our committee on agriculture appropriations which i'm the ranking member from our secretary, secretary of agriculture, secretary vilsack, and i'm including this letter in this comments today, he notes that the food and nutrition service delivers its program management and actual administrative costs at a steady 9.09% rate. far less than the 40% purported in the brookings institute and included in the committee report. w.i.c. is effective in improving the health of pregnant women, new mothers, and their infants. i feel it is important to clarify that the w.i.c. program is meeting its m
it wasn't proper for the brookings report to include those as administrative costs. breast-feeding, nutrition education, immunization screening are vital programs which improve birth outcomes. and reduce the incidents of health problems. for w.i.c. participants. they should not be categorized as administrative cost foss purposes of budgeting -- costs for purposes of budgeting. today i'd like to pont out that in recent letter to our committee on -- to point out that in a recent letter to our...
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host: let's look at a comment on twitter -- guest: that's true, in the last week, you have seen david brooks and the economist magazine criticized the republican party for their total unwillingness to talk about tax increases. ronald reagan is their standard bearer and the one they want to follow, he managed the largest tax increase in american history and it helped. they will -- this will end up hurting the republicans. independent voters are seeing this and seeing a party that is the hold and the tea party element. they are not willing to take themselves seriously about issues and they are moving too far to the right for independent voters and it will burn them. host: also this comment on twitter -- what do you think about that? guest: a centrist chances in republican primary is difficult. i think that is the problem with met romney. met romney. h mitt romney. look at what happened in delaware in the senate primary where christy know donald beat her opponents. -- mcdonald -- kristine o'donnell. mitt romney will probably win new hampshire but he will probably lose a whole -- iowa. there are
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brooks, just to name a few. to in some of the civil rights records come from less of its collections. >> and so adams -- ansel adams. he wrote a letter to the library of congress say that he had these photographs that shows the war relocation camps back in the 1940's. would you be interested? we said think you pretty fast. a photographer usually associated with majestic landscapes, his emphasis for the people and his skill with portraiture, but also a complicated subject matter. so a picture of people playing softball in said the war relocation camp. it is a wake-up moment, but also what, what is going on here? were people on happy or satisfied? how was like able to continue even if you are locked up in your property is taken from you? what was going to happen after the camp? >> not surprisingly, the library of congress keeps a history of some of the noted people who elected to represent their country, in both the house of representatives and the senate. >> that a special place here the library. we are the libra
brooks, just to name a few. to in some of the civil rights records come from less of its collections. >> and so adams -- ansel adams. he wrote a letter to the library of congress say that he had these photographs that shows the war relocation camps back in the 1940's. would you be interested? we said think you pretty fast. a photographer usually associated with majestic landscapes, his emphasis for the people and his skill with portraiture, but also a complicated subject matter. so a...
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brooks could not be reached for comment. close to 10:30 p.m. party leaders agreed to withdraw their bill and make unspecified changes in the hopes of bringing in more votes. they suggest in the paper after a 9:30 meeting in the house of republicans. and "new york times," inside of the capitol yesterday, in the waning hours of the bill, appeared to turn against the speaker. some key lawmakers, a member of the leadership team, said he would join the other freshmen in his state and wrote knox and they say in a parallel reverse -- on twitter -- freedom works began to send messages pressuring members urging people at home to call members and tell them to vote. no and former governor sarah palin also got in the game posting a warning about contested primaries on facebook. let's go back to bob cusack on capitol hill and talk about the pressure on these undecided members both from other members of their conference and from constituents group outside. guest: it's just enormous as far as republican leaders trying to get members from no to yes, and how yo
brooks could not be reached for comment. close to 10:30 p.m. party leaders agreed to withdraw their bill and make unspecified changes in the hopes of bringing in more votes. they suggest in the paper after a 9:30 meeting in the house of republicans. and "new york times," inside of the capitol yesterday, in the waning hours of the bill, appeared to turn against the speaker. some key lawmakers, a member of the leadership team, said he would join the other freshmen in his state and wrote...
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about a half hour later, we will have more from the brookings institution with a forum on innovation and the u.s. economy with an emphasis on science and technology. former white house economic advisor lawrence summers takes part. about an hour later it is the national organization for women's conference, featuring former colorado conscience woman pat schreoder. that is at 9:30 eastern. >> tune in this independence day. we discuss if the united states can remain united. >> at the political level we are more divided. if you look at partisan polarization if you look at that, than any point since the reconstruction. >> they talk about religion, violence and the death party. insiders in the white house discuss the president's foreign policy. this july 4th beginning at 10 a.m. eastern. for a complete listing of programs and times, go to c-span.org. >> this fourth of july three-day weekend on american history twonch on c-span 3, we will visit the smithsonian museum to learn about an expedition to cirque navigate the globe. and their treasure, 40 tons of specimens, which became the foundati
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i'm proud to represent brook haven national laboratory, a department of energy lab and one of the largest employers in my district. b&l is also ground zero for many of the scientific discoveries and innovations that have expanded our understanding about physics and nature, many of which have a direct link to developing new materials for industry, more effective drugs and better fuel, the intellectual capital that private industry thrives upon. mr. chairman, earlier this year the republican policies embodied within h.r. 1 would have slashed $1.1 billion from the office of science, choking off federal investment in basic research that is the key to our nation's long-term competitiveness. these draconian cuts would have impacted each d.o.e. national lab with a 30% cut to every science facility and program from the f.y. 2011 request level. the number of jobs that would have been eliminated as a result of h.r. 1 is estimated to be close to 10,000 in the office of science. how can any reasonable person argue that laying off thousands of the most highly trained, highly skilled scientists the wor
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host: fixed the political experts from the book -- brookings institution says -- that they hash it out in private first. your thoughts? caller: my thought is that if people cannot get together and talk it out, compromise, what is the use of having separate get together is? tempore i know that i sound ignorant, but people need to sit down in a circle and come to a conclusion. host: another twitter message from boring file clerk, writing -- host: chattanooga, tennessee. gerry, go ahead. caller: thank you for c-span. what president obama doing basically let the republicans hide in his administration. you have a republican party in place. this is where it came from. you have these tax cuts, medicare part b. president obama is not going to change those tax breaks. we are still in a fix with these republican parties. we need to come out of these wars. republicans are deliberately trying to sabotage this economy because this is the only way they can get someone elected in this economy. everything else to sell or group -- sour grapes. keeping the unemployment rate at the level that it is. they
host: fixed the political experts from the book -- brookings institution says -- that they hash it out in private first. your thoughts? caller: my thought is that if people cannot get together and talk it out, compromise, what is the use of having separate get together is? tempore i know that i sound ignorant, but people need to sit down in a circle and come to a conclusion. host: another twitter message from boring file clerk, writing -- host: chattanooga, tennessee. gerry, go ahead. caller:...
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brooks: thank you, mr. speaker. back home in my district, one of the things i'm understanding in communicating with people is the difficulty in their difference of understanding in millions in debt, blts in debt and trillions in debt. i heard an analogy the other day that will help the american people better understand the financial situation of the united states of america. imagine that you're a pamly and you haven't been keeping track of your finances for a while. finally you decide to sit down at your kitchen table, the two spouses get together and they accumulate their income, they accumulate their expenses, they accumulate their debt. and as they go through their income they discover they have about $50,000 that they can spend, that's their income, for the upcoming year. and then they look at their expenses and put all the bills together and how they spent over the past year and discover that last year they spent $80,000. many of them spent $30,000 more than their income. and then finally they pick up their vis
brooks: thank you, mr. speaker. back home in my district, one of the things i'm understanding in communicating with people is the difficulty in their difference of understanding in millions in debt, blts in debt and trillions in debt. i heard an analogy the other day that will help the american people better understand the financial situation of the united states of america. imagine that you're a pamly and you haven't been keeping track of your finances for a while. finally you decide to sit...
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this report from brookings institution proves it. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut rise? without objection, so recognized. >> mr. speaker, yesterday i stood on this floor with three weeks to go before august second, the debt ceiling, to make the argument we should abide by the commitments we have made in the past. today i heard chairman bernanke of the federal reserve say that to fail to raise the debt ceiling would be devastating for jobs. what's the hold up? don't take it from me. let me read you a paragraph from the economist magazine, this is not mother jones, not the new york times, this is the miist magazine. the sticking point is not on the spending side. it is because the vast majority of republicans driven on by the wild-eyed members of their party are clinging to the position that not a single deficit reduction must come from hire tax take. mr. himes: this is economically ill literate and disgracefully cynical. this is economically illiterate and
this report from brookings institution proves it. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut rise? without objection, so recognized. >> mr. speaker, yesterday i stood on this floor with three weeks to go before august second, the debt ceiling, to make the argument we should abide by the commitments we have made in the past. today i heard chairman bernanke of the federal reserve say...
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he's also a nonresident senior fellow at the brookings institution and the walls have not come down. he is previously a supreme court correspondent for "the new york times" and a legal commentator for the american lawyer media. he granl waited from harvard law school but despite that handicap has done quite well for himself including his outstanding book on the shameful injustice of the duke lacrosse case, which he co-wrote with professor casey johnson. insight from that book might be relevant today regarding the failed criminal charges for dominic straws kahne or casey anthony but hopefully we'll urge him to speak to the supreme court's term. let me welcome jeff to begin our program. [applause] >> thanks, todd. well, as scribes, our job is to make the supreme court term interesting and the -- it was a year where i think that mike and stewart and i at least came close to earning our play. the story began, as many washington stories do, with the chance of something new and exciting coming out of this old building on first street but instead it turned out to be pretty much business as
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brooks, for five minutes. mr. brooks: thank you, mr. speaker. i have voted to raise the debt ceiling where the bill makes america's financial condition better, not worse. both the reid and boehner plans failed to adequately address unsustainable deficits that threaten america with insolvency and bankruptcy. both plans put the debt ceiling issue to 2012 or 2013 at which time a financially weaker america will confront a worse debt ceiling crisis. both plans simply are not up to the seriousness of the financial challenges america faces. washington must put 2012 election considerations aside and put america's interests first and foremost now. congress and the white house can and must do better now. america deserves better now. and quite frankly we have no choice but to do better now. years of spending binges have come to roost. america has suffered $3 trillion deficits and faces trillion dollar deficit noose the foreseeable future. annual deficits and accumulated debt force america to confront two major financial threat, both with one common cause,
brooks, for five minutes. mr. brooks: thank you, mr. speaker. i have voted to raise the debt ceiling where the bill makes america's financial condition better, not worse. both the reid and boehner plans failed to adequately address unsustainable deficits that threaten america with insolvency and bankruptcy. both plans put the debt ceiling issue to 2012 or 2013 at which time a financially weaker america will confront a worse debt ceiling crisis. both plans simply are not up to the seriousness of...
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is also a senior fellow at the brookings institute, and was previously a supreme court correspondent for "the new york times." he graduated from harvard law school, but despite that handicap has done quite well for himself, including his outstanding book on the shameful injustice of the duke law cross case, which she co-wrote with professor casey johnson. insight from that book might be relevant today regarding the failed criminal charges for dominique strauss-kahn, where casey antony, but hopefully today we will urge him to stick to the supreme court's term. with that, let me welcome jess bravin to begin our program. [applause] >> thank you, todd gaziano. well, as scribes, our job is to make the supreme court interesting, and it was a year where i think that michael, stuart, and die, it is came closer to earning -- and i, at least came closer to earning our pay. it began with the chance for something new and exciting coming out of this old building on first street, but it turned out to be business as usual, which many of the major cases being offered instead of reversed and given us
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brooks: in contrast the president gives fine speeches yet fails to submit a single written plan to balance the budget that can be evaluated by the american people. mr. speaker, i say bore us with the details. washington spending binge has put america $14 trillion in debt. america's future is at risk. congress welcomes written key tailed solutions to washington spending binge from the president. mr. speaker, i reiterate, please bore us with the details. america has a right to hear them. president obama has the duty to deliver them. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from delaware rise? without objection, the gentleman from delaware is recognized for one minute. mr. carney: mr. chair, i rise today in support of efforts to find a cure for type one diabetes. recently i visited with 11-year-old madly tollman from my home state of delaware. she was here to tell her story of what it's like to live with type 1 diabetes. madeline has to check her blood sugar levels, managing her diet, and injecting herself with insulin every single day. while search
brooks: in contrast the president gives fine speeches yet fails to submit a single written plan to balance the budget that can be evaluated by the american people. mr. speaker, i say bore us with the details. washington spending binge has put america $14 trillion in debt. america's future is at risk. congress welcomes written key tailed solutions to washington spending binge from the president. mr. speaker, i reiterate, please bore us with the details. america has a right to hear them....
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remember blazing saddles, mel brooks and richard prior, they did a movie. they had a city called rock ridge, all-white city of lawless problems and the government appointed a handsome, sharp, young black man to be the sheriff. first black schiff ever in rock ridge. he went there answered wanted the towns folk to help him prepare to beat off the thugs and have a better city. they didn't want to join him. he said, you do it for randolph scott. and they would have done it for randolph scott and realizing that, they helped the sheriff. the republicans, well, there'd do it for george bush and they did it for george bush a lot. thank you, mr. speaker. life imitates art. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from new york is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, on august 3 the united states will have $306 billion in obligations and $173 billion to address those obligations. at that mome
remember blazing saddles, mel brooks and richard prior, they did a movie. they had a city called rock ridge, all-white city of lawless problems and the government appointed a handsome, sharp, young black man to be the sheriff. first black schiff ever in rock ridge. he went there answered wanted the towns folk to help him prepare to beat off the thugs and have a better city. they didn't want to join him. he said, you do it for randolph scott. and they would have done it for randolph scott and...
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brooks: in barack obama's time in washington, america's debt load has increased by more than $5 trillion. that's a 50% increase in just six years. do you see the pattern? the longer obama's in washington, the worse america's debt and the weaker america becomes. what is president obama's solution? obama submits record high budgets to congress that continue washington's unsustainable spending binge. obama demand as debt ceiling increase with no spending cuts. mr. president, america needs white house leadership, if you have a written solution to this debt crisis please submit it, the american people deserve no less. mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman is reminded to address his remarks to the chair. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on july 22, 2
brooks: in barack obama's time in washington, america's debt load has increased by more than $5 trillion. that's a 50% increase in just six years. do you see the pattern? the longer obama's in washington, the worse america's debt and the weaker america becomes. what is president obama's solution? obama submits record high budgets to congress that continue washington's unsustainable spending binge. obama demand as debt ceiling increase with no spending cuts. mr. president, america needs white...
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my co-author and i looked at states and we brooks goes down by metropolitan areas. we found that states -- and we broke the those down by metropolitan areas. we found that the states that were the most perverse had the highest rates of -- the were the most diverse had the highest rates of interracial marriage. on the one hand, you might think that the increase of groups could lead to the erection of boundaries around groups. but what we are finding is that when you have a large presence of at least three different groups, you find more of an interracial marriage and more multiracial reporting. the increased diversity is actually not leading to fragmentation. it seems to be leading to more of a reduction of social distance between groups. with that said, it is fascinating with the numbers i gave about latinos. about how of these marriages -- about half of these marriages are latino interracial marriages. among asians, this is actually starling to me -- i went back and founded in my notes. the 72% of u.s. and foreign agents are in an interracial relationship. it gets
my co-author and i looked at states and we brooks goes down by metropolitan areas. we found that states -- and we broke the those down by metropolitan areas. we found that the states that were the most perverse had the highest rates of -- the were the most diverse had the highest rates of interracial marriage. on the one hand, you might think that the increase of groups could lead to the erection of boundaries around groups. but what we are finding is that when you have a large presence of at...
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on the case of rebecca brooks, i don't think it is right for the prime minister to start picking and choosing who should run and who should not run media organizations. it has been reported that she offered her resignation over this. before i take your questions, let me say this. for people watching this scandal unfolded, there is something disturbing about what they see. just think about who they put their trust in. the politicians that represent them, and all of them -- a political system that people think is on their side and a press that is yet free and vigorous and holds those in power to drive them completely mad. we need a free press that is all so clean and trustworthy. that is what people want, that is not what i want. -- and that is what i want. >> we have asked him many times about your decision to appoint an be as your main communications man. you said that he resigned and paid the price. given that hundreds of people lost their jobs yesterday, given that the editor said that he warned you of what they might have had and you would have known what would have happened under
on the case of rebecca brooks, i don't think it is right for the prime minister to start picking and choosing who should run and who should not run media organizations. it has been reported that she offered her resignation over this. before i take your questions, let me say this. for people watching this scandal unfolded, there is something disturbing about what they see. just think about who they put their trust in. the politicians that represent them, and all of them -- a political system...